Parties: Models as News

Everyone in New York SHOULD have been aware that last night was the 2009 Costume Institute Met Gala and what a gala it was. The theme of this years event was "Model as Muse" which explores the relationship between high fashion and the ideals of beauty.


Back to the shindig. You know they say a picture is worth a thousand words, well I have several thousand for you to see. Check out some of the highs (and lows) of the gala:

My Fave!!! Claudia Schiffer in AtelierVersace Couture

Emmy Rossum in Carolina Herrera

Elizabeth Hurley in Elie Saab

Madonna in Louis Vuitton

Leighton Meester in Louis Vuitton

Rhianna in Dolce & Gabbana

Jessica Biel in Atelier Versace

Anne Hathaway in Marc Jacobs

Rosario Dawson in Diane Von Furstenberg

Kate Moss in Marc Jacobs

Kate Beckinsale in Marchesa reminds

me of MoniqueLhuillier's XOXO

Heidi Klum in J. Mendel

Jessica Alba in JAson Wu

(the designer responsible for our first lady's Inaugural Ball Gown)

Eva Mendes in Calvin Klein

Diane Kruger in Chanel

This exhibition will be view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 6 through August 9, 2009.